Nairobi National Park, Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage & Giraffe Center

Nairobi National Park day tours are a half-day trip to see lions, rhinos, and buffalo in the Nairobi National Park and to view the wildlife in this great park. Nairobi National Park’s main attractions include the rhinos, lions and leopards, and buffalo. There are, however, no elephants in the Nairobi National Park due to its limited size compared to elephants’ need for wide-ranging lands. Start with the Ivory burning monument and the savannah grasslands to see lions, gazelles. Visit the dry forest to look out for black rhinos and leopards, and birds. Descend into the river Mbagathi looking for crocodiles and hippos, and view Mokoyot valley. Return to the savannah to find white rhinos, buffalo, giraffes. Exit the park and head to the giraffe center, the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Elephant.

The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Elephant
Inside the western end of Nairobi National Park, offers a wonderful opportunity to see the baby elephants being fed with milk from bottles and when they play with each other. The keepers will give you a lecture on each of them, explaining their names and their life histories on how they were orphaned. It’s a great place to go and adopt a baby elephant. During the hour-long open house, the elephant keepers bring their juvenile charges out to play for an hour between 11:00 and 12:00. The youngest infants are assigned keepers for individual 24-hour guardianship, a responsibility that includes sleeping in their stables.

Giraffe Center
The Giraffe Centre in Nairobi is an amazing place to visit. It started as a rehabilitation project to rescue the Rothschild Giraffe. The giraffe centre provides you with pellets that you can feed the giraffes by hand. You can even take photos while feeding the animals with your mouth, and it seems like you are kissing the giraffe 2:30 pm: Arrive at the Giraffe centre located in the Karen suburbs. Start feeding the giraffes as you hug them and take pictures up close with these humble giants. 4.00 pm: Giraffe centre day tour ends with a drop off at your hotel in the city.